| Description |
1 videodisc (DVD) (95 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in |
| Contents |
The Fountain of Bakhchsarai. Dance of the Tartars / B. Asafiev -- Swan Lake [i.e. The nutcracker]. Spanish dance / Tchaikovsky -- Spring water / Rachmaninoff -- Ivan Susanin. Polonaise ; Cracovienne / Glinka -- Faust. Walpurgisnacht / Gounod -- The dying swan / Saint-Saens -- Giselle : ballet in two acts / Adam |
| Summary |
A selection of performances by the Bolshoi Ballet from their 1956 tour of Great Britain. Paul Czinner's highly acclaimed film of the Bolshoi Ballet in performance stars Galina Ulanova in a complete Giselle plus five shorter ballets |
| Credits |
Director of photography, S.D. Onions; film editor, Philip Hudsmith; principal choreographer, Leonid Lavrovsky; choreographers, Asaf Messerer, Alexander Radunsky. Directed by Paul Czinner |
| Performer |
Galina Ulanova, Nikolai Fadeyechev, Raissa Struchkova, and the Bolshoi Theatre Ballet; Orchestra of the Royal Opera House Covent Garden; Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra; Gennadi Rozhdestvensky, conductor |
| Notes |
DVD Region 0; Color recording system: NTSC |
| Subject |
Ballets.
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Ballet -- Russia.
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| Genre/Form |
Video recordings.
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| Author |
Czinner, Paul, 1890-1972.
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Ulanova, Galina Sergeevna, 1910-1998.
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Fadeechev, Nikolaĭ Borisovich, 1933-
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Struchkova, Raissa
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Rozhdestvenskiĭ, Gennadiĭ.
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Lavrovskiĭ, Leonid Mikhaĭlovich, 1905-1967.
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Messerer, Asaf, 1903-1992.
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Radunskiĭ, Aleksandr Ivanovich, 1912-
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Asafʹev, B. V. (Boris Vladimirovich), 1884-1949.
Bakhchisaraĭskiĭ fontan.
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Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilich, 1840-1893.
Shchelkunchik. Shokolad.
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Rachmaninoff, Sergei, 1873-1943.
Romansy, op. 14. Vesennie vody; arranged
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Glinka, M. I. (Mikhail Ivanovich), 1804-1857.
Zhiznʹ za t͡sari͡a (Ivan Susanin). Krakov͡iak
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Gounod, Charles, 1818-1893.
Faust. Ballet.
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Saint-Saëns, Camille, 1835-1921.
Carnaval des animaux. Cygne.
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Adam, Adolphe, 1803-1856.
Giselle.
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Harmony Films (Firm)
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Video Artists International.
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Bolʹshoĭ teatr SSSR. Balet.
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Royal Opera House (London, England). Orchestra.
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Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra.
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